The legal drama - which stars Close as ruthless lawyer Patty Hawes - will conclude after a fifth and final season, which debuts on July 11.

"I don't know if I ever truly say totally goodbye to these characters," Close told The Huffington Post. "I think they... reside in me somewhere. Patty can be kind of dark and I'm not sorry to see the kind of the darker side go. But... I'm ready to move on."

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Close - who also starred in the fourth season of FX drama The Shield - added that she is unlikely to return to television full-time following the end of Damages.

"I don't think I would do another series," she said. "I feel a great sense of closure in that I think this [final] season is a really good one. It has some great stuff about Patty and her life that people don't really know, reasons for her behavior."

However, the Oscar-nominated actress refused to rule out the possibility of a Damages movie.

"Absolutely, [I'd do a film]," she announced. "I think she's a good character. She can hold her own in any room and I like that."

Damages returns to DirecTV's Audience Network on July 11 at 9/8c. The show does not currently have a UK broadcaster.